Liverpool 4-0 Blackburn Rovers match review
Liverpool continued their recent impressive form in the Premier League as they crushed Blackburn Rovers 4-0 at Anfield. The Reds, who were without skipper Steven Gerrard, dominated the game from start to finish, and were rarely troubled by Blackburn, who are currently fighting to stay in the Premier League next season.
Fernando Torres, who had given Liverpool an early lead against Chelsea in the midweek Champions League match, produced another goal of the highest quality as Liverpool went ahead in the fifth minute.
Torres latched on to a long ball from stand in Liverpool skipper Jamie Carragher, and produced an incredible goal that reminded us why he is one of the best strikers in the Premier League currently.
Dirk Kuyt headed straight at Paul Robinson, and Torres shot over with his left foot as Liverpool missed two chances to go ahead. However the Reds did go ahead when Torres cleverly headed in Xabi Alonso’s free kick.
Blackburn hardly produced an attacking threat of any note, and were very poor. They made a mistake by giving Daniel Agger all the time in the world to shoot, and the Danish defender fired home from 35 yards to make it 3-0 in the 83rd minute.
There was still time for a fourth however. Jamie Carragher’s ball into the box was headed by substitute Lucas into the path of David Ngog, who headed in one of the simplest goals he would ever get.
With Manchester United beating Sunderland later, status quo remains though. ( Where on earth is Macheda getting all this luck from eh?)
Benayoun gives Liverpool last gasp win at Craven Cottage
Israeli forward Yossi Benayoun kept Liverpool’s title hopes alive with a dramatic injury time winner as the Reds moved two points clear of Manchester United at the top of the Premiership.
Despite battering the Fulham goal time and again, Liverpool failed to find the back of the net till substitute Benayoun hit the back of the net in what will go down as a season defining moment. Fulham, who stunned Manchester United in their last game, seemed to have done enough to come away with a point, but Liverpool produced another of those late goals that seem to have become a regularity with the club.
Manchester City were poor as they went down 2-0 to Arsenal, while Chelsea ensured that Alan Shearer did not have a happy start to his Magpies managerial career as they ran out 2-0 winners at St.James Park. Middlesbrough’s relegation woes continued as they were flattened 4-1 by Bolton Wanderers, with boss Gareth Southgate tearing his hair out in despair on the sidelines as his side defended like amateurs.
Stoke beat West Brom 2-0 as they picked up three valuable points, and West Ham’s good run of form continued as they beat Sunderland by the same number of goals.